Archive for July 2008

I know I haven't really promised to update the blog as often as I would, but feel really kinda disappointed that not many people actually bother to comment on anything. Sure I haven't really had anything good to say around here or that many people know my blog (but I know a few of them DO visit my blog) and well, for those who actually bother to visit my blog, I am very thankful. Even though if its like this, I'll still update my blog if people want me to, but I'll probably post a little less than usual (probably like once a month or so) and also agreed to make some reviews for my blog thanks to my friends suggestion.

So like yeah, just come here often and see what I have to say about myself.....

Oh, and I will try and change the layout for this forum. I think the color right now is just awful....

Well, just yesterday (after what would exactly be an interesting day) me and my friend decided to watch the movie at Summit at 3 o'clock. We have talked about watching this since last week, but somehow it ended up with only 2 of us going. But wow, it was almost as if it was my lucky day at that moment. Not only did we manage to catch the 3 o'clock show with THX (my friend had already booked the seats for 6 people, but we turned up late, so the booking was forfeited. Not really a problem though, but we got THX!!!!) but I finally knew about the student discount and showed my student card, and to my surprise, the ticket cost half as much as what I would usually pay! At RM6 per person, it was definitely a steal for us. Could have been the usual price of RM10 for adults, but its better to know things late than never......

So after playing at the arcade for awhile, we showed our tickets and enter to buy some popcorn and drinks, and went straight into the cinema. Looking for our seats, we definitely had one of the best seats in the house. To my surprise, a lot of people did turn up to watch the movie, but again we were fortunate to get it. If not, we could have ended watching something else (maybe Hellboy 2 or Hancock)

So anyways, to the review:

As for the starting of the movie, I think I was a little surprised with how they started the movie with a back robberies with the thieves wearing clown masks reminiscent of The Joker (which he introduced himself a few minutes later) That part was a little skeptical as the robbery was really different than your ordinary robbery (like where one part the thief told the hostage to "put your hands down" and I just laughed inside....) and the way they planned it all with killing themselves was, in all, a very manipulative plan of The Joker.

The following chain of events was quite "on cue" with how the storyline should be, with Bruce Wayne/Batman settling the crime and how Harvey Dent got involved and stuff. Anyways, I think I don't really know what to say after this and I am a little tired even after yesterday, so I get back on "this part" of a review in a later date.....

As for the cast, it was an amazing performance by Christian Bale and especially Heath Ledger. I think they almost blew away the audience with their performance. Ledger did great as The Joker, almost as good (if not better) than the original Joker, Jack Nicholson. But its sad that he would not act again because of his accidental death. Surely he could get an award for that awe-inspiring performance..... As for the other casts, they did a good job as well on the film, even though they don't have as much effect on the plot as Bale and Ledger. To be honest, I haven't watched Batman Begins and the last Batman movie I watched was Batman & Robin (god knows how terrible that movie was.....) All in all, its definitely a great movie to watch for 2 and a half hours (yes, it was also very long. My legs cramped when I got out of my seat to walk off.....) and even if your a fan of batman or not, you should have kicked yourself if you had never watched this movie. Note as well that this is one of Ledgers last movie, so it pays as a tribute to watch the movie and see what a character he really was.....

Overall, as me and my friend has already decided, this movie gets an 8.5 out of 10 in rating. A great movie to watch with a great plot, storyline, action, drama and suspense that will not disappoint. The casts performance is also worth a mentioned but somehow has something lacking that doesn't make it stand out of the rest......

So thats the part of the review, be sure to come back here often and check the continuing part of my review. Also, I'm having real fun with my PSP and I'll try to get the PSP review in by this week...... =)